ai4bharat/Pralekha huggingface dataset:
Ministry of Home Affairs
Naxalite Attacks on Civilians and Security Personnel
There has been a consistent decline in both LWE violence and geographical spread of LWE influence. Violent incidents have declined from a high of 2258 in 2009 to 833 in 2018. The resultant deaths have also declined steadily from 1005 in 2010 to 240 in 2018. The reduction in geographical spread of Left Wing Extremism is evident in decline in number of districts reporting violence to 60 in 2018. The trend of decline in violence has continued in 2019. The number of incidents of violence and resultant deaths in 2019 as compared with the corresponding period of 2018 is as under:
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S.NO.
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Parameters
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2018 
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2019 
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1
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No. of incidents
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447
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338
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2
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Deaths 
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126
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102
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3
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No. of Security Forces kills
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41
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38
To combat the LWE menace in a holistic manner, the Government of India has formulated a National Policy and Action Plan in 2015, which envisages a multi-pronged approach comprising security, development and ensuring rights & entitlements of local communities etc.
MHA is supporting the State Governments extensively by way of deployment of CAPF Battalions, provision of helicopters and UAVs and sanction of India Reserve Battalions / Special India Reserve Battalions  etc. Funds are provided under Modernisation of Police Force , Security Related Expenditure  Scheme and Special Infrastructure Scheme  for capacity building of State Police, intelligence agencies and CAPFs.
Development interventions are made through provision of resources and focused implementation of schemes through line ministries of Government of India. Significant efforts have been made for improving infrastructure in LWE affected areas. 5500 km of roads out of 11000 planned have been constructed. For improving telecom connectivity, 2335 mobile towers have been installed and 4072 mobile towers will be installed in next phase of the project.
To provide further impetus to development and fill critical gaps in infrastructure, funds are provided to the State Governments under ‘Special Central Assistance’  scheme @Rs 33.33 Crore per annum per most affected district.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
NPS-Traders being implemented for welfare of traders including retail shopkeepers
Shops and commercial establishments register with the respective States/ UTs. No such data is maintained by this Ministry.
The Government had launched the National Pension Scheme for Traders and Self Employed , in September, 2019 for the welfare of traders including the retail shopkeepers. It is a voluntary and co-contributory pension scheme. The traders in the age group of 18-40 years with an annual turnover, not exceeding Rs.1.5 crore and who are not member of EPFO/ESIC/MPS/PM-SYM or an income tax payer, can join the scheme. In addition, eligible persons can also self-enrol through visiting the portal www.maandhan.in. Enrolment to the scheme is done through the Common Service Centres, with its network of more than 4 lakh Centres across the country. Under the scheme, 50% monthly contribution is payable by the beneficiary and equal matching contribution is paid by the Central Government. Subscribers, after attaining the age of 60 years, are eligible for minimum assured pension of Rs.3000/- per month. As on 12.02.2023 the total registrations under this scheme are 52,211.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
EPFO payroll data: EPFO adds 15.29 lakh net subscribers during the month of January, 2022
The provisional payroll data of EPFO has been released today, i.e., 20th March 2022, which highlights that EPFO has added 15.29 lakh net subscribers during January 2022. Month-on-month comparison of payroll data also indicates an increase of 2.69 lakh net subscribers addition in January, 2022 as compared to the net additions during the previous month of December, 2021.
Of the total 15.29 lakh net subscribers added during the month, around 8.64 lakh new members have been registered under the social security ambit of EPF & MP Act, 1952 for the first time. Approximately 6.65 lakh net subscribers exited but re-joined EPFO by continuing their membership with EPFO instead of opting for final withdrawal. The payroll data also reflects a declining trend in the number of members exited since July, 2021.
Age-wise comparison of payroll data shows that the age-group of 18-25 years has registered the highest number of net enrolments with 6.90 lakh additions during January2022, which is around 45.11% of total net subscribers addition during the month.This is followed by the age-group of 29-35 yearswith a healthy addition of around 3.23 lakh net enrolments. This indicates that many first-time job seekers are joining organised sector workforce in large numbers and signifies a crucial stage for an individual’s potential in terms of earning capacity.
State-wise comparison of payroll figures highlights that the establishments covered in the states of Maharashtra, Haryana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are in lead by adding approximately 9.33 lakh subscribers during the month, which is around 61% of total net payroll addition across all age groups.
Gender-wise analysis indicates that net female payroll addition during the month is approximately 3.20 lakh during the month. Share of female enrolment is approximately 21% of the total net subscribers addition during the month of January, 2022 with an increase of 57,722 net enrolments over the previous month of December, 2021.
Industry-wise payroll data indicates that ‘expert services’ category  constitutes 39.95% of total subscriber addition during the month. In addition, growing trend in net payroll additions has been noted in industries likeExpert Services, Engineering Contractors, Trading  and Building & Construction industryetc.
The payroll data is provisional since the data generation is a continuous exercise, as updation of employee record is a continuous process. The previous data hence gets updated every month. From the month of April-2018, EPFO has been releasing payroll data covering the period September, 2017 onwards.
EPFO is committed to extend social security benefits in the form of Provident, Pension and Insurance Funds to the organized workforce of the country covered under the aegis of Employees’ Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. With extensive use of social media nowadays, EPFO is also available on Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook to help the subscribers and addressing their issues.
Special Service and Features
National MSME Awards 2023
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises  in India have undergone a vast development in the last five decades registering a tremendous growth as well as the progress in terms of quality production, exports, innovation, product and process development. Entrepreneurial efforts have made it possible to produce a number of items, which hitherto were imported. In quite a few cases new variants so produced are having additional attributes than their original versions and are capable of solving a multitude of user problems.
The Indian entrepreneurs are very creative to innovate new products and processes as well as provide innovative services to remain competitive in domestic and global market. To encourage such innovative efforts and promote their spirit in larger interest of qualitative development of MSME, the Ministry of MSME recognizes the contributions of these entrepreneurs for their outstanding performance and motivate and encourage them by conferring awards at the National Level.
Additionally, in order to motivate the State/ UT Government and Aspirational Districts for the development and growth of MSMEs in their area of jurisdiction, provision of rankings at the National level for the State/ UT Government and Aspirational Districts has also been made accordingly. Similarly, provision of rankings has also been made for the bankers for their excellence in the credit lending to Micro and Small Enterprises.
In this endeavor, Ministry of MSME, Govt of India, is conferring National MSME Awards 2023 at the National Level to MSMEs In recognizing their outstanding performance and further to motivate them a higher level excellence.
Online Applications are invited for four categories of Awards .
- Enterprise Award ,
 Manufacturing Entrepreneurship,
 Service Entrepreneurship,
 Special Category of Enterprises
- State Award
- District Award 
- Bank Award
A Copy of Operational Guidelines for National MSME Award Scheme  and Online application is available at website: www.dcmsme.gov.in and link https://dashboard.msme.gov.in/na/Ent_NA_Admin/Ent_index.aspx.
Last date for submission of the online application is 10.05.2023.
For further information please contact: The Joint Director/HoO, MSME DFO, 65/1 GST Road, Guindy, Chennai-32
Special Service and Features
Yoga has gained global recognition due to the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi says Union Minister of State for Information Broadcasting, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Dr. L Murugan
Dr. L. Murugan, who is on a visit to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, participated in an important event related to yoga at Port Blair today on the occasion of International Yoga Day. Speaking on the occasion, he mentioned that everyone from Kashmir to Lakshadweep is practicing yoga today because of the efforts of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Today we are practicing yoga in Andaman and Nicobar Islands as well, the minister said, which expresses the spirit of Vasuthaiva Kutumbakam which means Yathum Oore, Yavarum Keleer. He mentioned that Yoga is the pride of our country and it has become a movement that has added glory to our country.
Mentioning that our mind and body can be kept healthy and strong through yoga practices, the minister asked everyone to practice yoga and keep their bodies fit and healthy in daily life. The minister also highlighted that healthy citizens pave the way for a strong nation.
The program was organized by the Department of AYUSH at the Girl’s Higher Secondary School, Port Blair and was attended by the Lieutenant Governor of the Islands, Admiral DK Joshi and officials of the Andaman Nicobar Administration, as well as school and college students. Yoga Day celebrations were held with enthusiasm at 42 places in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
This was followed by a meeting with the representatives of business community in Port Blair. They shared their views and made various demands regarding the development of the business sector in the island region.
As the Government in the Centre has completed 9 years, the minister highlighted the achievements of the government. The minister then said that the government is moving forward on the basis of the motto of "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and Sabka Viswas". He mentioned that development is not limited to metropolitan areas and the welfare schemes of the government are also reaching remote areas. Satating that the Union Government is extending all possible support to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the minister said that the overall development of these Islands and the progress that has been taking place in the last few years are a testimony.
He mentioned that the construction work of the district level hospital is nearing completion and soon its work will be completed and the hospital will be operational. The minister also said that the international airport terminal will support tourism and local economic development here. He also said that such development works will help in improving socio-economic relations with South Eastern countries.
Meanwhile, the minister who met the local fishermen at Swarajdeep  said that necessary arrangements will be made to set up an ice factory and a cold storage in the area.
Ministry of Power
PM Modi to interact with beneficiaries of government schemes in Shimla tomorrow
PM will release the 11th instalment of Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme worth Rs. 21,000 crores
Union Minister for Power and NRE Shri R. K. Singh to join the programme virtually from Bhojpur
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is being celebrated across the country to commemorate 75 years of our Independence. As a part of the celebrations, ‘Garib Kalyan Sammelan’ will be held tomorrow which will be one of the largest ever single-event nationwide interaction spanning all districts. Hon’ble Prime Minister will interact with the beneficiaries of about 16 schemes/Progammes spanning 9 Ministries/Departments of the Government of India. Hon’ble Prime Minster will interact with beneficiaries about the impact of the wide-ranging schemes/programmes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Poshan Abhiyan, Pradhan Mantri Matri Vandana Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission , Jal Jeevan Mission and AMRUT, Pradhan Mantri Swanidhi Yojana, One Nation-One Ration Card, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, Ayushman Bharat PM Jan Arogya Yojana, Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres and Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.The national level event is being held at Shimla tomorrow wherein Hon’ble Prime Minister will directly interact with the beneficiaries. Hon’ble Prime Minister will also release the 11thinstalment of the Kisan Samman Nidhi amounting to more than Rs.21,000 crore.
Union Minister for Power and NRE Shri R. K. Singh will participate in the countrywide event virtually from Bhojpur. During the programme to be held from 9:45 am to 10:50 am, Shri R. K. Singh will interact with beneficiaries in Bhojpur. Films on various schemes would be showcased. After that Shri Singh will join the national programme in virtual mode.
Events are being organized at State Capitals/ District Headquarters/ KVK Centres all over the country wherein the scheme beneficiaries will interact with Hon’ble Chief Ministers/ Central/ State Ministers/ Members of Parliament/ Members of Legislative Assembly and other elected public representatives. The State/District/KVK level function will start at 9.45 A.M. At about 11.00 A.M., these will get connected to the national level programme. The national event will be telecast live through Doordarshan in its national and regional channels.
Ministry of Education
Technical Learning Facilities
NEP has Chapter 23 on TECHNOLOGY USE AND INTEGRATION and Chapter 24 on ONLINE AND DIGITAL EDUCATION, where details of all policy initiatives and action points are given.
The blueprint for National Digital Education Architecture  has been launched on 29th July, 2021 by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, with a vision to meet the challenges of the Indian education system, find evolvable solutions for these challenges and create an open, interoperable, evolvable, public digital infrastructure in the education sector that can be used by multiple platforms and point solutions. It provides foradiverse education eco-system architecture for the development of digital infrastructure, a federated but inter operable system that ensures autonomy of all stakeholders, including learners, teachers, administrators including School Boards, Autonomous Organizations, specially States and UTs.
An Integrated Teacher Training Programme called NISHTHA has been launched, it is a capacity building programme for "Improving Quality of School Education through Integrated Teacher Training".NISHTHA can be accessed from the below link:https://itpd.ncert.gov.in//
The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Smt. Annpurna Devi in a written reply in the LokSabha today.
President's Secretariat
President of India in Maharashtra; Inaugurates 4th Global Exhibition on Services; says India’s large talent pool gives it natural advantages in Services
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the 4th Global Exhibition on Services and launched a portal on 12 Champion Sectors in Services in Mumbai today .
Speaking on the occasion, the President welcomed around 500 international delegates who are participating in this Global Exhibition from about 100 countries. He commended the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the Government of India, as well as the Government of Maharashtra, the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Services Export Promotion Council, for this initiative. He expressed confidence that it would promote the Indian services domain and enlarge and deepen India’s engagement with the global services sector. He stated that the launch of 12 Champion Sectors is a bold new step that will contribute to both India’s economy and the global economy, and will create jobs.
The President said that the services sector represents a vibrant and expanding component of the global economy. Today, services dominates in terms of employment, value addition, productivity and innovation. The pace of technology is intensifying the contribution of services in other sectors – including agriculture, infrastructure and manufacturing. It would not be an exaggeration to say that services forms the backbone of the 21st century global economy.
The President said that in India, the services sector contributes 61 per cent in gross value added. With its young population, large talent pool and comfort with technology, India has natural advantages in the sector and is set to become even more of a provider of services to the world.
The President said that the early Industrial Age and the traditional manufacturing economy created jobs in factories, and encouraged entrepreneurship in the form of ancillary units and workshops. Today, we are looking at small but exciting start-ups in the services space. Technology has emerged as an enormous enabler and allowed local services companies to go national or even global. In India, which is the third largest centre of start-ups in the world, this has thrown up a generation of young entrepreneurs, of men and women with hunger and ambition.
The President noted that Government programmes such as Start-up India and the Mudra Yojana, which has provided capital to 120 million grassroots businesses, have seeded a culture of entrepreneurship, largely in services. He expressed confidence that some of these start-ups will grow into giants in the years and decades to come.
Ministry of Law and Justice
National Judicial Data Grid : a database of orders, judgments and case details created as an online platform under the eCourts Project.
National Judicial Data Grid  is a database of orders, judgments and case details of 18,735 District & Subordinate Courts and High Courts created as an online platform under the eCourts Project. Data is updated on a near real-time basis by the connected District and Taluka courts. It provides data relating to judicial proceedings/decisions of all computerized district and subordinate courts of the country.All High Courts have also joined the National Judicial Data Grid  through web services, providing easy access facility to the litigant public.
Through the eCourts services platform using elastic search technology, currently litigants can access case status information in respect of over 23.58 crore cases and more than 22.56 crore orders / judgments pertaining to these computerized courts as on date. Case data is available on NJDG for both civil and criminal cases with the ability to perform drill-down analysis based on the age of the case as well as the State and District. NJDG works as a monitoring tool to identify, manage and reduce pendency of cases. It helps to provide timely inputs for making policy decisions to reduce delays in disposing of cases and helps in reducing case pendency. It also facilitates better monitoring of court performance and systemic bottlenecks, and, thus, serves as an efficient resource management tool. To track cases related to land disputes, Land Records data of 26 States have been linked with NJDG.
World Bank praised the National Judicial Data Grid in the Ease of Doing Business report for 2018, that it made possible to generate case management reports, thereby making it easier to enforce contracts. In consonance with the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy  announced by the Government of India, Open Application Programming Interface  has been provided to the Central & State Government to allow easy access to the NJDG data using a departmental ID and access key. This will allow the institutional litigants to access the NJDG data for their evaluation and monitoring purposes. It is proposed to expand the facility to non-institutional litigants as well in future.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
MeitY Startup Hub and Meta collaborate to accelerate XR technology startups in India
MeitY Startup Hub  in collaboration with Meta will launch a program to support and accelerate XR technology startups across India.
The program will be announced on 13 September 2022. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Hon’ble Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology, and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Joel Kaplan, Vice President, Global Policy, Meta, will be present on the occasion.
This collaboration is part of the Government’s efforts for skilling in emerging and future technologies.
India is uniquely placed to play a pivotal role in the metaverse with a large talent pool of creators, developers and a vibrant technology ecosystem. The world looks to it for supply technology, innovation and talent to cater to the greater demand for digital products.
The MeitY Startup Hub, an initiative of MeitY, is a national platform focused on promoting technology innovation, start-ups, and the creation of intellectual properties.
Today, it has around 3000+ tech startups supported, with a vision to ramp it up to more than ten thousand startups in the next three to five years.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 194.43 Cr
Over 3.46 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 28,857
5,233 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.72%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 1.12%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 194.43 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,48,41,726 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.46 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,04,07,403
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2nd Dose
|
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1,00,45,028
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Precaution Dose
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|
53,30,935
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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|
1,84,20,048
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2nd Dose
|
|
1,75,91,938
|
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Precaution Dose
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|
90,01,952
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Age Group 12-14 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
3,46,80,050
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
1,82,75,795
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|
Age Group 15-18 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
5,96,92,001
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
4,64,78,107
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Age Group 18-44 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
55,74,17,391
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
49,27,06,898
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|
Precaution Dose
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|
12,30,636
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Age Group 45-59 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
20,32,96,219
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2nd Dose
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|
19,14,38,576
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|
Precaution Dose
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|
16,36,057
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|
Over 60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
12,71,27,190
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
11,94,36,496
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Precaution Dose
|
|
2,01,13,696
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|
Precaution Dose
|
|
3,73,13,276
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|
Total
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|
1,94,43,26,416
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 28,857. Active cases now constitute 0.07% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.72%. 3,345 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,26,36,710.
5,233 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,13,361 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 85.35 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 1.12% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 1.67%.